diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 74dc57c74349..40ca7cdb653e 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void)
 /*
  * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
  */
-int dirty_background_ratio = 5;
+int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
 
 /*
  * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
 /*
  * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
  */
-int vm_dirty_ratio = 10;
+int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
 
 /*
  * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of